Heidar HEIDARI KHOEI

Heidar HEIDARI KHOEI
- Postdoc
- Research Rivron
Former and Current Positions
since 2020 - Postdoctoral Fellow in the Rivron Group.
2015-2020 - PhD in Reproductive Biology at University of Medical Sciences in Teheran, Iran.
2015-2019 - Clinical Embryologist at Taleghani and Mahdeyeh Hospitals.
Academic Honors and Awards
FWF ESPRIT Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship 2022
Lise Meitner Postdoctoral Fellowship (FWF) 2021
Research interests
I am passionate about understanding the mechanisms of early human development, focusing on how self-organization and signaling pathways establish and maintain lineage proportions during embryogenesis. My research uses advanced stem cell-based models, such as human blastoids, to study human-specific processes previously inaccessible due to ethical and technical constraints. I have published multiple first-author papers in leading journals (Nature, Cell, Nature Protocols), advancing knowledge on human blastoids and early cell fate decisions. My current interests include self-organization, lineage specification, the impact of tissue proportions on developmental robustness, and multi-omics approaches to uncover molecular networks. My work aims to bridge developmental biology and translational science to improve reproductive health and early developmental outcomes.
Outreach activities
Health Science Forum, Vienna 2024
Long Night of Research, Vienna 2024
European Researcher's Night, Vienna 2023
European Researcher's Night, Vienna 2022